Contents

History

John Church Jr. founded his firm of music publishers on April 21, 1859, when Ditson bought out Baldwin and Truax in Cincinatti. In 1869, John Church, purchased the half-interest of Ditson, and established John Church Co. He then bought out George Root and Sons (1873). James R. Murray became director of publications in 1881, editing the Periodical Music Visitor. Church published a large quantity of Sousa's music, in addition to other American music. Theodore Presser Co. acquired the firm in 1930.

Editions

Imprints, Agencies, Addresses

Addresses

(Partial and Approximate List- there may be more addresses between 1859 and 1885 in Cincinnati, for example, though their address there, at least, was settled afterwards until 1930. Main branch was in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, though a branch formed by 1883, J. Church, in New York City. Address often not on score covers.

Cincinnati

1874:66 West 4th Street

by 1885:77 West 4th Street, then 14-16 East 4th Street

Plate Numbers

Format: ##### - ## with the numbers after the hyphen being the number of music plates for the particular work.